cruise missile
noun
: a guided missile that has a terrain-following radar system and that flies at moderate speed and low altitude
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Meanwhile, Israel operates a range of systems to block attacks from everything from ballistic missiles with trajectories that take them above the atmosphere to low-flying cruise missiles and rockets.
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the proliferation and use of ballistic and cruise missiles.
—Andrew Metrick, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
Of those, Ukraine downed 18 cruise missiles and 25 drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
Then, around 3 a.m., Russian fighter jets fired cruise missiles, followed by ballistic missiles and then hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, one of the most sophisticated weapons in Russia’s arsenal.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
In a sign of disapproval of Finland’s accession to NATO, Russia last year deployed vessels capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles on Lake Ladoga, a body of water in the Karelia region near Finland’s southeast border.
—Milda Seputyte, Bloomberg.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Separately, Centcom said U.S. forces destroyed seven Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles that were prepared to launch toward the Red Sea.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
Others, such as Germany, are perfectly content with backing Ukraine with military aid but have drawn rigid limitations around certain weapons systems, such as the long-range Taurus cruise missile, that the Ukrainians could employ against Russian cities far from the border region.
—Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
The Houthis responded by firing cruise missiles at two of the U.S. ships, which prompted Washington to quickly launch Tomahawk missiles from another ship at three Houthi radar installations.
—Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
Brad Lendon, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the proliferation and use of ballistic and cruise missiles.
—Andrew Metrick, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
Of those, Ukraine downed 18 cruise missiles and 25 drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
Then, around 3 a.m., Russian fighter jets fired cruise missiles, followed by ballistic missiles and then hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, one of the most sophisticated weapons in Russia’s arsenal.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
In a sign of disapproval of Finland’s accession to NATO, Russia last year deployed vessels capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles on Lake Ladoga, a body of water in the Karelia region near Finland’s southeast border.
—Milda Seputyte, Bloomberg.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Separately, Centcom said U.S. forces destroyed seven Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles that were prepared to launch toward the Red Sea.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
Others, such as Germany, are perfectly content with backing Ukraine with military aid but have drawn rigid limitations around certain weapons systems, such as the long-range Taurus cruise missile, that the Ukrainians could employ against Russian cities far from the border region.
—Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
The Houthis responded by firing cruise missiles at two of the U.S. ships, which prompted Washington to quickly launch Tomahawk missiles from another ship at three Houthi radar installations.
—Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
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